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To: Diamond Jim who wrote (42799)	12/18/1997 7:32:00 PM
From: StockMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Jim, Re -- If we can eventually get the web over the TV for $199, I doubt the majority of people will pay $2K for a PC anymore You and many others are overlooking the fact that the Web TV/SetTop box is only one of the lines of Intel's PC business. In fact the SetTop box will be additional revenue. The WebTV/Settop is NOT a replacement of the PC (due to its limited functionality -- graphics) In fact Intel in its analyst meeting pointed out (and are corraborated by the various surveys, IDC, instat etc.) that the distribution of the various price points were constant, and varied only about a few percentage points. Stockman

To: Diamond Jim who wrote (42799)	12/18/1997 7:45:00 PM
From: Pigboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

<< If we can eventually get the web over the TV for $199, I doubt the majority of people will pay $2K for a PC anymore. >> I agree with Stockman, For those of you that think WebTV like devices are good for using the "current" WWW that we have, I believe you are looking at the picture from the wrong angle. Have you ever used WebTV or something like it? I have tried it. I cannot concieve of sitting on a couch and reading most of the Web pages (ie. Reading the Wall Street Journal Online, using SI, surfing for information, even e-mails), which contain text. It is just too uncomfortable. Also, the jpegs and gifs (graphics/pictures) on most Web pages are usually not the greatest in quality either (less K's mean easier to download on a page). It will be awhile before the Web makes it big on the TV, but I do think it will happen (ie. cable modems, xDSL, better compression, etc...). Like Stockman said, WebTV is currently only a compliment to the PC, allowing some die hards to e-mail or see certain sites that aren't bad on the eyes from couch. ALL IMHO pigboy